Description : wood, softly luminous blackish brown patina, necklace from indigo blue glass rings, slightly dam., abrasion of paint, cracks, base. The village chief keeps mahamba that safeguard the community in an enclosure behind his residence. The mahamba spirits receive prayers and offerings to ensure their protection or to soothe them. Often a carved figure, also called hamba, is created as a home for the spirit from which the patient has been freed. Continent: Africa
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À propos du lot
n° 487 Titre : Standing Female Figure Hamba Dimensions : H: 23,3 cm, H: 9,2 inch Provenance : Peter Loebarth, Hameln, Germany (collected in the 1980s) Fred Jahn, Munich, Germany (1999) Literature : Petridis, Constantine, Art and Power in the Central African Savanna, Brussels 2008, p. 96 ff. Condition report : See description Zemanek-Muenster, Salle de vente
, Würzburg, DE🔓Accès libre sans carte bancaire. Titre de la vente : 87th Tribal Art Auction Date de la vente : 11/11/2017🔓Accès libre sans carte bancaire. Référence de l'enchère
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